Dr. Patricia Silveira on her participation on the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child

In fall 2019, Dr. Patricia Silveira, Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at McGill University and interim Scientific Director at the Ludmer...
October 22, 2020

Study underway in Montreal to estimate how many children and teens have been infected with SARS-CoV-2

Source: COVID-19 Immunity Task Force Today, Canada’s COVID-19 Immunity Task Force (CITF) announces its support for a research project that will estimate how many...
October 22, 2020

Mandatory vaccinations required in only half of all countries

Global study finds penalties for infringement differ significantly by country Source: McGill Newsroom As countries struggle to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccination uptake...
October 22, 2020

Advancing the Safety and Efficacy of Cannabidiol (CBD) for Medical Use AQIC and the McGill Research Centre for Cannabis Establish a CBD Research Partnership Fund

Source: Association québécoise de l'industrie du cannabis (AQIC) Today the Association québécoise de l'industrie du cannabis (AQIC) and the McGill Research Centre for Cannabis...
October 19, 2020

Understanding the psychological trauma related to facial transplantation

New study examines ethics of procedure and obtaining patients’ consent Facial transplantation, a novel procedure where the face of a deceased person is...
October 16, 2020

Gene therapy to restore sight coming to the Montreal Children’s Hospital and to Quebec

Dozens of young patients will be among the first in Canada to benefit from this treatment, which improves vision and slows the progressive...
October 15, 2020

This hidden disorder affects up to 10% of children, yet most don’t know what it is

Panelists to shed light on Developmental Language Disorder By Michelle Pucci In your average classroom, two out of 30 children and teens struggle...
October 14, 2020

Researchers awarded $2.7M to study loneliness and Alzheimer’s

Work will tell us how loneliness interacts with brain structure and function in normal aging and pre-symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease Two researchers from The...
October 13, 2020

Discovery of a new key player in long-term memory

Long-term memory controlled by protein synthesis in inhibitory cells Source: McGill Newsroom A McGill-led multi-institutional research team has discovered that during memory consolidation,...
October 8, 2020

Trust and income inequality fueling the spread of COVID-19

Study of 84 countries links social trust and belonging to COVID-19 mortality Source: McGill Newsroom Trust in public institutions is linked to fewer...
October 7, 2020

A possible link between cell death and allergic disease

New study sheds light on cellular processes that may lead to allergic immune responses Allergic diseases are widespread, affecting an estimated 30-40% of...
October 6, 2020

Polycystic ovary syndrome increases risk for gestational diabetes and hypertensive disorders

McGill researchers make gains in understanding pregnancy-associated metabolic complications Source: McGill Newsroom A recent study by researchers at McGill University has identified polycystic...
October 6, 2020